Skye's fever rages on and by the time Diogo shows up, the palace is in chaos. Someone has been sent to the Mountain People to retrieve a natural, fever-reducing herb they've offered us. They'd heard about Skye's condition and sent word that they had some medicine that could help.
I don't have time to deal with the Warlord at my gate. I tell my men that he is to be given access to his wife, but nothing else. His men must remain outside our gates. When I don't hear from either my men or Diogo, I assume they're sorting themselves out.
They could go to war at our gates for all I care. I'm with Skye now, and I won't be moved.
It's the middle of the night and I'm sitting with Skye, holding her hand and despairing of her recovery. She's following the same path as others who have died of this f
